Giorni e nuvole

Hard Look at Tough Times for an Italian Marriage

Silvio Soldini’s film “Days and Clouds” suggests that Italy’s middle class is as much under siege as that of the United States. In both countries, it appears, job security isn’t what it used to be, and corporate downsizing is plunging affluent families into sudden financial tailspins.
Michele (Antonio Albanese), the movie’s tight-lipped protagonist, is a stolid businessman in Genoa whose partners, one of whom is his oldest friend, oust him from the company after 20 years. Business is business, and when it clashes with friendship, friendship goes by the wayside. [...]

di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4497 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 11 Luglio 2008